Primarina

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Pokémon type

Water

Fairy

Boosted in Rain and Cloudy weather

Primarina weaknesses

Primarina is weak to Poison, Grass and Electric-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Primarina is resistant to Fighting, Bug, Fire, Water, Ice and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Dragon-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Primarina

The best moves for Primarina are Charm and Hydro Cannon when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Waterfall and Hydro Cannon deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Charm

16DPS

Hydro Cannon Elite TM

54DPS

Defending

Charm

16DPS

Sparkling Aria

34DPS

Trainer Battles

Waterfall

3.3EPT

Hydro Cannon Elite TM

2.4DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Popplio family. Primarina evolves from Brionne for 100 Candy.

Game images

Primarina, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Primarina is a Water & Fairy Pokémon which evolves from Brionne. It is weak to Poison, Grass and Electric moves. Primarina's best moveset is Charm & Hydro Cannon and it has a Max CP of 3,618.

About

"Also known as a songstress, it has a fantastical look on moonlit nights when it leads its colony in song."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Charm	20	7.3	16
Waterfall	13	7	15.6

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Sparkling Aria	85	3	3.09
Disarming Voice	70	3	2.55
Hydro Cannon Elite TM	90	2	2.16
Psychic	95	2	1.9
Hydro Pump	135	1	1.62
Moonblast	130	1	1.56

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Waterfall	11	3	4.4	3.3
Charm	12	3	4.8	2.7

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Hydro Cannon Elite TM	80	40	2.4
Moonblast ▼ att	90	50	2.16
Sparkling Aria	80	45	2.13
Hydro Pump	130	75	2.08
Disarming Voice	70	45	1.87
Psychic ▼ def	75	55	1.36

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Charm 16 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	13.7	106%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	13.5	105%
Charm 16 DPS	Sparkling Aria 34 DPS	12.9	100%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Sparkling Aria 34 DPS	12.7	99%
Charm 16 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	12.2	95%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	12.1	94%
Charm 16 DPS	Moonblast 39 DPS	11.7	91%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Moonblast 39 DPS	11.6	90%
Charm 16 DPS	Psychic 31.7 DPS	11.6	90%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Psychic 31.7 DPS	11.4	89%
Charm 16 DPS	Disarming Voice 21 DPS	10.2	79%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Disarming Voice 21 DPS	10.1	79%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Charm 16 DPS	Sparkling Aria 34 DPS	6.2	100%
Charm 16 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	6	97%
Charm 16 DPS	Psychic 31.7 DPS	5.4	87%
Charm 16 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	5.4	87%
Charm 16 DPS	Moonblast 39 DPS	5.3	85%
Charm 16 DPS	Disarming Voice 21 DPS	5.2	84%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Sparkling Aria 34 DPS	5.1	82%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	4.8	78%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Psychic 31.7 DPS	4.4	71%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Disarming Voice 21 DPS	4.4	71%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	4.3	70%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Moonblast 39 DPS	4.2	68%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 2.4 DPE	12	12.4	107%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Moonblast ▼ att 2.16 DPE	15	11.6	100%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Sparkling Aria 2.13 DPE	15	11.5	99%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Hydro Pump 2.08 DPE	24	11.3	98%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 2.4 DPE	15	11.2	97%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Disarming Voice 1.87 DPE	15	10.6	92%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Moonblast ▼ att 2.16 DPE	21	10.6	91%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Sparkling Aria 2.13 DPE	18	10.5	90%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Hydro Pump 2.08 DPE	30	10.4	89%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Disarming Voice 1.87 DPE	18	9.8	84%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.36 DPE	18	9	77%
Charm 2.7 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.36 DPE	21	8.4	73%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Primarina?

Primarina is weak to Poison, Grass and Electric moves.

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Zekrom (Shadow)

Charge Beam

Fusion Bolt

0.69
2
Eternatus

Poison Jab

Sludge Bomb

0.72
3
Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) (Shadow)

Thunder Shock

Wildbolt Storm

0.73
4
Kartana

Razor Leaf

Leaf Blade

0.74
5
Raikou (Shadow)

Thunder Shock

Wild Charge

0.74
6
Zeraora

Volt Switch

Plasma Fists

0.76
7
Zekrom

Charge Beam

Fusion Bolt

0.77
8
Magnezone (Shadow)

Volt Switch

Wild Charge

0.77
9
Shaymin (Sky Forme)

Magical Leaf

Grass Knot

0.78
10
Regieleki

Lock-On

Thunder Cage

0.78

The best counter to Primarina is Zekrom (Shadow) with Charge Beam and Fusion Bolt, followed by Eternatus, Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) (Shadow) and Kartana. The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Raichu Y with Thunder Shock and Zap Cannon+.

The top Primarina counters, ranked by how many trainers it takes to win the raid in time, each bringing six of that Pokémon at level 40. Fewer is better. Simulated raid battles against Primarina's own moves and stats, with no dodging. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		232
Defense		195
Stamina		190

Max HP

Level 40	162
Level 50	172

Average size

Height	1.8 m
Weight	44 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	10,000
Candy	25

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,371
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,829
Level 30 Max wild	2,743
Level 40	3,200
Level 50	3,618

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,286
Level 35 (wild)	2,972